Donald Trump used Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World" to introduce his candidacy for President this week. So why play it on Portside? Funny story. The Donald evidently had no idea what this song is about (or that Neil Young supports Bernie Sanders).
Filmmaker Lacey Schwartz talks about growing up white and Jewish in Woodstock, discovering at the age of 18 that her father was Black, and making a documentary film about this discovery and how it changed everything for her family. Screening and other information here.
An award-winning documentary that follows street-smart Ivy League students, outcasts at their elite university, as they adventure to Cuba. Enthralling scenes of Cuban life including hip hop performances, block parties, and candid spontaneous encounters with AfroCuban youth.
Detroit-inspired, this song from the album Cold Fact tells a story of our times that people will recognize worldwide. "This is not a song, It's an outburst."
How would The Donald do in the fly-over states and the comb-over states? Jimmy Fallon weighs the good and bad of Donald Trump making a run for the highest office in the U.S.
In Joshua Oppenheimer's riveting indie film about the massacre of a million supposed Communists in Indonesia, the families of the victims get a chance to interrogate the killers.
Scenes from the biggest demos yet for a living wage for those who keep this country well, clean, and eating (if not eating well). These workers are near-saints, and they are marching on.
Cleveland Judge Ronald Adrine finds probable cause to charge Police Officer Timothy Loehmann, who shot Tamir Rice, with murder, involuntary manslaughter, reckless homicide, negligent homicide, and dereliction of duty.
A girl with a wooden recorder and a man playing a bass frame the call and response themes of Beethoven's choral symphony, eliciting the joy from bystanders for which the piece is named.
The California secretary of state talks about California's progress toward universal, automatic voter registration, an idea advanced on a national level in a speech today by Hillary Clinton.
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